From Films for the Humanities and Sciences, the Films on Demand streaming video collection includes titles concerning individual authors and literary history.
Use the search box below to find in-depth analysis of literary movements and literary history. Examples: The Beat Generation, Brazilian Literature, Bloomsbury, American Transcendentalism.
Literary Movements for Students
The Black Renaissance in Francophone African and Caribbean Literatures
The Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs
When searching for books concerning literary history, movements or philosophies, the following search phrases may be helpful:
"literary history" - Add this phrase to a search on a topic or place. For example: Africa literary history
"history and criticism" - Add this phrase to a search on a particular type of literature. For example: science fiction history and criticism
"in literature" - Add this phrase to a search on a topic or place to find books about its treatment in literature. For example: Russia in literature OR poverty in literature
"intellectual life" - Add this phrase to a search to find information about the intellectual life or culture in a particular place and time or among a particular group of people. For example: Bloomsbury intellectual life
"sources" - Add the word sources to a search to find information on the events, philosophy, or literature that helped inform or influence an author, a period of literature, or a particular work of literature. For example: Herman Melville sources OR Hamlet sources
